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Birthdays
| C. C. Beck 1910, cartoonist and comic book artist, best known for his work on Captain Marvel at Fawcett Comics and DC Comics. |
| Colin Baker 1943, actor, best known for playing the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, from 1984 to 1986. Bayban - Blakes 7 (1 episode, 1980), Maj. Gen. Harry George Chauvel - The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert (1999). |
| Rocke Mastroserio 1927, comic book artist best-known as a penciler and inker for Charlton Comics. Mastroserio's work for Charlton included such Western series as Billy the Kid, Black Fury, Jim Bowie, Rocky Lane's Black Jack, Sheriff of Tombstone, Six-Gun Heroes, Texas Rangers in Action, and Wyatt Earp, Frontier Marshal; crime fiction such as Public Defender in Action, Racket Squad in Action, Rookie Cop, and Scotland Yard; science fiction/fantasy titles such as Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds, Outer Space, and Strange Suspense Stories; jungle title such as Jungle Tales of Tarzan, Nyoka the Jungle Girl, and Ramar of the Jungle; the historical-adventure titles Long John Silver & the Pirates and Robin Hood and his Merry Men; war comics such as Army War Heroes, Fightin' Army, The Fightin' 5; and such supernatural anthologies as Ghostly Tales, Unusual Tales, and The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves. |
| Derek Newark 1933, actor, Inspector Wright - Out of This World (1 episode, "Vanishing Act", 1962), Dan - The City Under the Sea (1965), Greg Sutton - Doctor Who (10 episodes, 1963-1970). |
| Tim Munro 1951, actor, Ainu / Sigurd - Doctor Who (7 episodes, 1979-1983). |
| George D. Wallace 1917, actor, Commando Cody - Radar Men from the Moon (1952), Bosun - Forbidden Planet (1956), General - The Six Million Dollar Man (1973) (TV), Talbert - Planet of the Apes (1 episode, "The Cure", 1974), Rancher - The Bionic Woman (1 episode, "Claws", 1976), Admiral Simons - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Man of the People", 1992), Male President - Bicentennial Man (1999), Bertram Mueller - The X-Files (1 episode, "Hellbound", 2002), Chief Justice Pollard - Minority Report (2002). |
| James Darren 1936, actor / singer, Jimmy Darrock - The Flintstones (1 episode, "Surfin' Fred", 1965), Omir - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1 episode, "The Mechanical Man", 1966), Dr. Tony Newman - The Time Tunnel (30 episodes, 1966-1967), Dr. Talty - City Beneath the Sea (1971) (TV), Vic Fontaine - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (8 episodes, 1998-1999). |
| Bernie Casey 1939, actor, Peters - The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Major Jeff Spender - The Martian Chronicles (3 episodes, 1980), Maj. Gen. Hadley - Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)(segment "The Unknown Soldier"), Ernest Cooper - Time Trax (1 episode, "The Contender", 1993), Cal Hudson - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2 episodes, 1994), Admiral Vanalden - SeaQuest DSV (1 episode, "Chains of Command", 1995), Derek Cranston - Babylon 5 (2 episodes, 1995), Tynis Black - Batman Beyond (1 episode, "Once Burned", 1999). |
| Jessie Lawrence Ferguson 1941, actor, Lt. Rekoff - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1 episode, "A Dream of Jennifer", 1980), Black Lectroid Commander - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), Lutan - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Code of Honor", 1987), Eddie Black - Darkman (1990), Duchamp - Swamp Thing (1 episode, "Night of the Dying", 1992). |
| Cyril O'Reilly 1958, actor, Decker - Philadelphia Experiment II (1993), Nahsk - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Who Mourns for Morn?", 1998), Ed Kelso - The X-Files (1 episode, "Hellbound", 2002). |
| Matthew Kaminsky 1971, actor, Crewman Cunningham - Star Trek: Enterprise (2 episodes, "Singularity", "The Crossing", 2002-2003). |
| Lexa Doig 1973, actress, Cowgirl - TekWar (1994) (TV), Cowgirl - TekWar: TekLords (1994) (TV), Cowgirl - Tekwar (2 episodes, "Promises to Keep", "Cyberhunt", 1995), Dale Arden - Flash Gordon (1996) TV series (voice), Joan Price - Earth: Final Conflict (1 episode, "Abduction", 2000), Andromeda Ascendant - Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda (108 episodes, 2000-2005), Wendy Paulson - The 4400 (4 episodes, 2005), Dr. Carolyn Lam - Stargate SG-1 (11 episodes, 2005-2007), Dr. Anne Young - Eureka (2 episodes, 2007-2008), Dr. Leah Pearlman - V (6 episodes, 2010). |
| Scott Raymond Adams 1957, cartoonist, creator of the Dilbert comic strip and the author of several nonfiction works of satire, commentary, business, and general speculation. Adams is an avid fan of the science fiction TV series Babylon 5. He appeared in the season 4 episode "Moments of Transition" as a character named "Mr. Adams," who hires former head of security Michael Garibaldi to locate his megalomaniacal dog and cat. |
| Elizabeth A. Lynn 1946, sci-fi author, Watchtower, Red Hawk |
| Dana Wynter 1931, actress, Becky Driscoll - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), Dr. Katherina Serret - The Invaders (1 episode, "The Captive", 1967), Lady Helena Trimble - The Questor Tapes (1974) (TV). |
| Kate Wilhelm 1928, sci-fi author, Hugo, Hamlet Trap |
| Sheila Ryan 1921, actress, Myra Madison - Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch (1949), Eve Gamble - Captain Midnight (1 episode, "The Curse of the Pharaohs", 1954), |
| Robert Preston 1918, actor, Centauri - The Last Starfighter (1984). |
| John W. Campbell 1910, sci-fi writer, Moon is Hell |
Events
| 1889, Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "Boscombe Valley Mystery" |
| 1900, Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 6 Napoleons" |
| 1917, Walt Disney graduates from Benton High School |
| 1941, Reg'lar Fellers comedy radio series begins based on the comic series. Continues to August 31, 1941. |
| 1949, King of the Rocket Men, a 1949 Republic movie serial, released in twelve chapters begins. Notable for introducing the "Rocketman Character". |
| 1967, Pollux IV scenes are filmed for TOS: "Who Mourns for Adonais?", among them Apollo and Carolyn's lakeside rendezvous. |
| 1987, Production continues on TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint". Among the scenes filmed today are the series' first on the bridge of the Enterprise-D. |
| 1998, Invasion America airs on WB Network. |
| 2001, Time Squad animated series airs on Cartoon Network. |
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